Many stock and asset prices are down from all-time highs. Predictably, they’re beating their chest and warning us to take cover for what’s next.

There are so many variables from one person’s retirement to the next that there’s no set dollar amount that works for everyone. People are different. We’ve met people with $500k that have enough and some with $5 Million that don’t.

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We can have a little fun with numbers to decide at what point the ticket is worth MORE than the $2 it costs:

If you’re tempted to go to cash during this bear market (like the rest of us humans), consider the following:

No matter how many bear market charts or statistics you see, it’s painful to experience red ink in your investment account. An investment policy may inform us that big drops are possible (and expected), but living through them is another thing entirely. It’s far easier to prepare for facts than emotions.

With investing, pain is often frontloaded. Worst-case scenarios get priced in first, and prices recover if or when they get ruled out…It’s entirely possible the Fed could raise interest rates, but bond prices recover as well if rates rise slower than anticipated.

Losses have begun to (finally) invade the stock market. Is this the beginning of the end?

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